Hafizullah Amin

Week of Jan. 7, 1980
Afghani President Hafizullah Amin is overthrown by Soviet forces that invade his country and prop up a puppet pro-communist. President Carter, already worried about instability in Iran, warns the Russians not to plunge the region further into crisis.

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